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Wednesday, 23 September 2015

A 'Mixta' Session

With sunshine last Saturday, I spent quite a bit of time watching the Migrant
Hawkers flying around and perching up. Thankfully these appear in good numbers
where I live and despite taking lots of photos already of them over the past few
years, you can't help but get drawn back for more. Furthermore, with a steady
approach, you can get really close to them which always makes for a nice study.
I found a few males on Saturday holding a territory where I observed them flying
up and down and then perching up in the reeds. This made an ideal opportunity to
get some photos with a more friendly background as opposed to the normal dark
sticks and branches background. After an hour of photo taking, I ended up with a
few nice shots, the top one being a particular favorite. I like the angle on
this one and the background shows it off quite well. They are a very inquisitive
species I find, often coming in very close to check you out but I still await
another chance to capture some in flight shots. Maybe the weather will be nice
again this weekend so I can have another session learning yet more information
about these wonderful insects and how best to improve my shots with the camera.
Fingers crossed for sunshine and light winds, and some posing
dragonflies!

10 comments:

Nice images again Marc, in focus all the way from the eye to the appendages ;-) I had a look for some ''Mixta's'' today, but didn't find any. The weather looks to be perfect for them at the weekend, so i'll try again, maybe the last chance this year ???